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Scientist Spotlight

This installment features Q&A's with prominent FAS-affiliated scientists and engineers. Dr. Valerie Thomas is the Anderson Interface Professor of Natural Systems in the School of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, with a joint appointment in the School of Public Policy. She is also a member of the FAS Board of Experts. Current research projects include the environmental impacts of biofuels and electricity system policy and planning. Read the full interview here.

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Scientist Spotlight

Pentagon Portrays Nuclear Modernization As Response to Russia

The final defense budget of the Obama administration effectively crowns this administration as the nuclear modernization leader of post-Cold War U.S. presidencies. Hans Kristensen, Director of the FAS Nuclear Information Project discusses such nuclear modernization programs and what they could mean for the future.

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Pentagon Portrays Nuclear Modernization As Response to Russia

Declassified: US Nuclear Weapons At Sea

In his latest blog post, Hans Kristensen, director of the FAS Nuclear Information Project, reviews recently declassified information about the US nuclear weapons deployed at sea during the Cold War.

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Declassified: US Nuclear Weapons At Sea

Low Pollution at the Lowest Cost

In this op-ed, Jay Apt, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and Co-Director of CMU’s Electricity Industry Center, explores America's potential actions to counter climate change by broadening "renewable portfolio standards" to include all low-polluting power sources.

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Low Pollution at the Lowest Cost

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Understanding the Dragon Shield: Likelihood and Implications of Chinese Strategic Ballistic Missile Defense

By FAS | September 30, 2015

While China has received growing attention for modernizing and expanding its strategic offensive nuclear forces over the last ten years, little attention has been paid to Chinese activities in testing and developing ballistic missile defenses (BMD). Mo …

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Briefing and Report Release: Naval Nuclear Reactors and Use of Highly Enriched Uranium

Friday, March 20, 2015 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Russell Senate Office Building, Room 385 Washington, DC The United States and other countries with nuclear navies have benefited from having nuclear-powered warships. But do the continued benefits depend on i …

Luncheon Briefing on Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Luncheon Briefing: Making the Next Step Forward with Advanced Nuclear Reactors: Assessing Progress and Overcoming Roadblocks on Safety, Technology and Policy Thursday, July 24, 2014 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-31 …

Short Course on CBRN Weapons, Science and Policy (CBRN)

FAS and George Mason University will host a short course from July 7-9, 2014 as part of GMU’s 2014 summer program in International Security. This three day, non-credit short course is designed to introduce participants to the science, security, and pol …

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